退休

Character by character

• 退tuì10 strokesHSK 3step back, retreat, withdraw
• 休xiū6 strokesHSK 1rest, stop; retire; do not!

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 退休. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 休息xiū xiHSK 1

  rest; to rest

• 退tuìHSK 3

  to retreat; to withdraw; to reject; to return (sth); to decline

• 退出tuì chūHSK 3

  to withdraw; to abort; to quit; to log out (computing)

• 休闲xiū xiánHSK 5

  leisure; relaxation; not working; idle; to enjoy leisure; to lie fallow

• 后退hòu tuìHSK 7

  to recoil; to draw back; to fall back; to retreat

• 退役tuì yìHSK 7

  (of military personnel or athletes) to retire; (of outdated equipment) to be decommissioned

• 休假xiū jiàHSK 2

  to go on vacation; to have a holiday; to take leave

• 撤退chè tuì

  to retreat

• 休克xiū kèHSK 7

  shock (loanword); to go into shock

• 退回tuì huíHSK 7

  to return (an item); to send back; to go back

• 退缩tuì suōHSK 7

  to shrink back; to cower

• 衰退shuāi tuìHSK 7

  to decline; to fall; to drop; to falter; a decline; recession (in economics)

• 退学tuì xuéHSK 7

  to quit school

• 休想xiū xiǎngHSK 7

  don't think (that); don't imagine (that)

• 罢休bà xiūHSK 7

  to give up; to abandon (a goal etc); to let sth go; forget it; let the matter drop

• 退休金tuì xiū jīnHSK 7

  retirement pay; pension

• 休养xiū yǎngHSK 7

  to recuperate; to recover; to convalesce

• 辞退cí tuìHSK 7

  to dismiss; to discharge; to fire

• 退步tuì bù

  to do less well than before; to make a concession; setback; backward step; leeway; room to maneuver; fallback

• 退票tuì piàoHSK 6

  to bounce (a check); to return a ticket; ticket refund

• 退让tuì ràngHSK 7

  to move aside; to get out of the way; to back down; to concede

• 休眠xiū miánHSK 7

  to be dormant (biology); inactive (volcano); to hibernate (computing)

• 退却tuì quèHSK 7

  to retreat; to shrink back